THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS and SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 930 AM CDT.
* AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASSUMPTION TO MORRISONVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANA...TOWER HILL...LAKEWOOD...COWDEN...STEWARDSON...ROSAMOND...
OCONEE...HERRICK...CLARKSBURG AND MODE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
INTENSE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
